Tree-sawing apparatus



April 28, 1925.

D. WELCH TREE sAwINcT APPARATUS WITNESS .April`A 28"; "1925.

D. WELCH TREE SAWING APPARATUS 'Filed' Sept. 8. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mvEn-ron ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 25?, 12925.

o naaste retenir r DELL WELC-I, OF LOZEAU, MQNTANA.

`Application filed September To (4f/Z 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, DELL WTELOH, a citizen oit the United States, residing at Lozeau, in the county of Mineral and State of Montana, have invented newand useit'ul lmprovements in Tree-Sawing vApparatus, ot which the following is a specification.

My present invention hasreference to a tree sawing apparatus.

My primary object isyto produce a means whereby trees may becut by `a hand saw actuated by a single operator.

' A further object is to produce asaw supporting means designed to be removably attached to a tree to be sawed and which is of such construction as to guide the saw in its cut around and through the tree, to reduce the labor involved in sawing trees, and to permit trees of varying thickness beingV sawedin an easy manner by a single operator. o

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which fornrpart `o this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application o the improvement.

Figure 2 is a top plan. view thereof, the tree being in section. n

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the body member ot the improvement and the element carried thereby. t Figure t is an approximately central longitudinal sectional view through the said body member.

Figure 5 is a perspective view ot the saw rest.

lliigure (l is a. ifragprlnentary persjmztive 'View oI the saw.

As (liselosed in Figure l of the drawings, either with an axe or with a saw l notch a. tree to be sawed. The lower wall of the notch is straigl'it and the upper wall arranged at an inclination. lin a line with the'lower wall of the notch I spike to the tree the body member 1 ot my improvement. The body is preferably constructed ot a rectangular piece of wood having its upper and lower edges and its rear notched to receive therethrough substantially V-shaped prongs 2 termed on the edges and outer end of a plate 3 that is screwed or otherwise secured art to which this invention relates.

` TREE-servirte APPARATUS.

8,y 1923.. Serial No. 661,645.

to the body. rl`hcse prongs are Aforced into the tree.

On its opposite end there is secured to t-he body 1 a bracket l having its ,ends formedA with outturned ears 5, andthe said ears have aligning openings therethrough.

Secured to the outer face of the body 1, at a suitable distance from the prong carrying plate 3 there is one end of a spring plate 6. The plate 6, from its connected end is arched so that the said plate springs away `from the body. Passing through the body and through the spring plate 6, at a suitable distance from the end thereof which is connected to the body, there is a bolt 7, and the said bolt is engaged by a winged nut 8. By adjusting the nut, the spring plate may be brought toward or permitted to spring away from the body. On its upper and free end the spring 6 has an angle extension 8 and on this extension there is pivotally secured, as at 9, a tubularmember 10 that has its upper edge provided with an outwardly flared iange 11. The flange 11 is projected a suitable distance above the upper edge oit the body 1.

Designed to pass through the openings in the ears 5 there is a pin 11 having an upper angle portion 12 that is driven int-o one end ot the saw support 13. The saw support is centrally provided with an elongated openingllt. This opening 14 is designed to receive therethrough a pin `15 which may have` arranged thereon a roller. The pin 15 is secured to the saw 16.

rlhe operation of the device will, it is believed, be apparent tor `thoseskilled in the The outer non-toothed edge of the saw is brought to contact with the revoluble tubular meinber or roller 10. When the support l?) pivotally secured to the body .l the upper edges of these elements will be iu alignment. The spring 6 :Forces the saw to its work. Vl`he hinged connection between the support and the body 1 permits ot the saw being` moved to cut the Atree in a line with the lower wall of the notch and to be moved around the tree. rllhe support 13 will swing as the saw is reciprocated and the saw is so supported that trees of different diameters may be readily cut by a single operator in aneasy and expeditious manner.

Having described the invention, I claim:-

l. In a tree sawing apparatus, a body having spikes to be forced into a tree to be out, a roller on the body, a spring iniiuenoing the roller away from the body, means for adjusting the spring with respect to the body, a slotted saw support pivotally secured to the outer end of the body, and said support designed to provide a rest Lfor a saw which is provided with a pin that is received through the slot of said support, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A, tree sawing apparatus comprising a substantially rectangular' body having prongs adjacent to its outer end designed to be iorced into a tree to be cut, a .spring plate having one end secured lo the outer face of the body and the remainder thereof designed to spring away from the bodyI` a boit passing through the body and spring, an adjusting nut on the boit, said spring having its outer and upper corner dang-ed. a ianged roller pivotaily secured on said tlange, a bracket on the outer end of the body, a slotted saw support havingl a. pin provided with an angle extension at one end thereof and said extension designed to be passed through the ears ot the bracket, in combination with a saw having a piu to be received in the slot ot the vsaw support, as and forthe purpose set vforth.

In testimony whereof aHix my signature.

DELL WELCH. 

